Southwest Piping Institute is headquartered in Albuquerque with smaller extension campuses located in Farmington, NM, Los Alamos, NM, Las Cruces, NM, and El Paso Texas. The institution focuses on the piping industry in the capacity of plumbing, pipefitting, welding and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC\R). Much of the work associated with these trades is done in power plants, chip-processing facilities, merchandise distribution centers, data centers, hospitals, schools etc., and demand well-trained people to help build and maintain these facilities.